Arkansas · Census place 0500970
Alma, Arkansas
Alma is a city in Crawford County, Arkansas with an estimated 6,017 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 61st largest of 185 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 6,017
- #61 of 185 in Arkansas
- Change since 2020
- +3.3%
- +193 people
- Land area
- 5.7 sq mi
- + 0.17 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,050 / sq mi
- State median 1,001
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Alma population, 2020 to 2024
Alma added 193 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.3%. In the latest year it moved by +39. Among 68 Arkansas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 30th; the median place changed by +2.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Arkansas has 11,311 people, so Alma is 53% of it.
Alma covers 5.73 square miles of land and 0.17 of water, for 1,050 people per square mile of land. The median Arkansas place of 5,000+ has 1,001, so Alma is close to the typical town.
What county Alma is in
All of Alma's residents live in Crawford County, which had 62,258 residents in 2024. Alma holds 9.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Alma
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Alma by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 72921. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Alma is
The Census internal point of Alma is at 35.492400, -94.213900. Little Rock, the capital, is 120.4 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Van Buren, AR (24,396 people), 8.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fayetteville, AR, 40.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 35.492400, -94.213900
- DMS
- 35°29'32.64"N 94°12'50.04"W
- UTM
- 15N 389894.6E 3928327.8N
- Geohash
- 9ym1bj5w1
- Plus code
- 8677FQRP+XC
Daylight in Alma
At 35.49° N, Alma gets about 14 h 34 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 45 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 48 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Alma
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arkansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Kibler, 4.8 miles away, with 1,027 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Alma, AR?
6,017 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 193 (3.3%) from 5,824 in July 2020.
What county is Alma in?
Crawford County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Alma?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 72921.
How far is Alma from Little Rock?
120.4 miles (193.7 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Alma.
What is the nearest larger city to Alma?
Van Buren, AR, with 24,396 residents, 8.4 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.